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The candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky which was completely destroyed by the deadly tornado outbreak in December is facing several violations, according to the United States Department of Labor.
Mayfield Consumer Products LLC was hit with seven violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The following are the violations that OSHA reported:
All violations were listed as being serious with the total fines issued totaling $40,000.
The OSHA report also went on to acknowledge that six employees were killed due to multiple blunt force trauma injuries suffered after the building collapsed due to the tornado.
Days after the tornado hit, company officials said there were 110 workers on the overnight shift when the twister moved through the community.
Gov. Andy Beshear said in the aftermath of the event that the ferocity of the storm was so great that there was nowhere safe to hide inside the plant.
"It appears most were sheltering in the place they were told to shelter," Beshear said at the time. "I hope that area was as safe as it could be, but this thing got hit directly by the strongest tornado we could have possibly imagined."
Scented candles made in the plant eventually found their way onto the shelves of prominent retailers like Bath & Body Works. The Ohio retailer said in a statement after the outbreak that it was "devastated by the horrible loss of life at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory – a long-standing partner of ours."
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